Parental Influences on the Academic Motivation of Gifted Students: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-272

  Garn, Alex C ^a   Matthews, Michael S ^b   Jolly, Jennifer L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

gifted children; motivation; parenting; self determination theory; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956461809     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986210377657     Document Type: Article

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